I also hit the 12/13 mark. I knew I was taking a guess for the Prime Minister of Great Britain and picked wrong; I guessed Tony Hayward instead of David Cameron. Sorry Brits, I guess I am just America-centric.

After having no clue at all about "current americana", and therefore been randomly guessing on questions as "Speaker of the house of representatives, Sotomayor(OK, I know her by name and function, but didn't know her face) and so on, I actually got 11/13. I'm stunned of the laws of probability!

(Elephant is the republican symbol, that I knew, and the democrats use a donkey, right?)

9. I haven't watched a news program in years. I got the things wrong I should have. I had no clue on any of the people pictures except for Steve-o.

I missed:
Thinking about Congress, do Republicans currently have a majority in…?
Who is this?
Who is the current Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives?
Since the start of military action in Afghanistan, about how many U.S. military personnel have been killed? Around…?